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| Date: | Saturday 3 April 1943 |
| Time: | 23:06 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 101 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED736 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | west of Ramsdorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor |
Coned by searchlights and hit by heavy Flak.
Target: Essen
Call Sign: SR-W
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Ronald Norton Johnson RAFVR 124414 (NCO:1315518 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 08 September, 1942) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Frank Joseph Hackett RAFVR 1132947 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Goronwy Wyn Jones RAFVR 1125794 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Idrys Wyn Lloyd Llewellyn RAFVR 1338144 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Roy Cyril Horton RAFVR 1294067 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Herbert Arthur Ramsey RAFVR 1456815 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Roger Leslie Hodgson RAFVR 656856 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/lancaster/23269-ED7361943-04-04.html
https://books.google.nl/books?id=5DkRBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT90&lpg=PT90&dq=lancaster+ed736&source=bl&ots=LEZrVCpoZS&sig=ZGppNstenCMplZ9HDIcFfdFRtps&hl=nl&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiP_rGpkJvaAhXHLlAKHST4BD4Q6AEIWjAH#v=onepage&q=lancaster%20ed736&f=false
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Apr-2018 08:12 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 09-Oct-2018 05:10 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 03-Apr-2024 06:49 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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